Nvidia Control Panel - Can't open it...

[DamnSpyware]

Hello thanks for having a look.

First, i am to held responsible for the mess i'm in now.
I've run a batchfile to delete various "unwelcome" windows files, note that i used this file many times before with no issues.
The difference from using it now and how i usually do it, normally i run it directly after installing windows but now i executed it by accident.

After that i noticed that the shortcut for the nvidia controlpanel on my desktop lost it's icon (just a blank symbol remained).
When i tried to open the nvidia controlpanel nothing happened.
After a reboot the problem was still there.

So, i got the latest DDU and booted into safemode then ran DDU as admin and checked all boxes to wipe the old driver.1
Then rebooted and downloaded latest nvidia driver for my specific GPU, got the latest NVCleanstall and installed the nvidia driver with it.
After that there wasn't even the controlpanel option when rightklicking the desktop, even when in taskmanager the container processes where active so it was devinitely installed.
Once again i wiped the install with DDU and reinstalled with NVcleanstall.
Same situation, the gpu driver is up an running (can see it in taskmanager) but can't open the control panel.
Also, directly after the install completed i got an error but i think it's unrealted to this issue: "changing hd audio power timeout failed" (i used the option to disable sleep timer).

So, i can't open the control panel from a rightklick on the desktop and i cannot open it from the startmenu.
I don't get it, i clearly notice the difference from integrated CPU graphics and GPU drivers, mostly because the high refreshrate of my monitor it's easy to tell that the nvidia driver is working and the container processes are active aswell.
Still doubts...? If i move my mouse alot the gpu useage goes up in taskmanager, not the cpu. Clearly the driver is running.
Why won't the controlpanel work? PS: It's the latest DCH driver since standard is no longer updated.

Previously i had manually created a shortcut for the controlpanel from this directory
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\NVIDIACorp.NVIDIAControlPanel_8.1.962.0_x64__56jybvy8sckqj
nvcplui.exe

After reinstalling the driver twice now the shortcut still has a blank icon and does not work, however for some reason in safemode the nvidia icon from the shortcut is visible while in normal boot its a blank white icon.
In windows notifications i even got a prompt that a gsync compatible display is detected but when i klick that notification to open it's source (the control panel) nothing happens.
Anyways i deleted the shortcut AND the whole folder from windowsapps because i wanted to know if it is being recreated after i reinstall the driver again, turns out not.
No surprise i cant open the controlpanel if the folder isn't even created. I mean maybe i'm just talking BS now but really i tought i leanred a bit about PCs in the recent past but once again i am clueless.

This is the code of the script i used: (Most of it is probably irrelevant)

takeown /s %computername% /u %username% /f "%WinDir%\System32\Broadcastdvr.exe"
takeown /s %computername% /u %username% /f "%WinDir%\System32\upfc.exe"
takeown /s %computername% /u %username% /f "%WinDir%\System32\Compatibility Telement.exe"
takeown /s %computername% /u %username% /f "%WinDir%\System32\CompPkgSrv.exe"
takeown /s %computername% /u %username% /f "%WinDir%\System32\mobsync.exe"
takeown /s %computername% /u %username% /f "%WinDir%\System32\GameBarPresenceWriter.exe"
takeown /s %computername% /u %username% /f "%WinDir%\Windows\GameBarPresenceWriter.exe"
takeown /s %computername% /u %username% /f "%WinDir%\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer"
takeown /s %computername% /u %username% /f "%WinDir%\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft"
takeown /s %computername% /u %username% /f "%WinDir%\SystemApps"
takeown /s %computername% /u %username% /f "%ProgramFiles%\WindowsApps"
takeown /s %computername% /u %username% /f "%WinDir%\Program Files\Internet Explorer"
takeown /s %computername% /u %username% /f "%WinDir%\Windows\bcastdvr"
takeown /s %computername% /u %username% /f "%WinDir%\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\GameDVR"
takeown /s %computername% /u %username% /f "%WinDir%\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge"
takeown /s %computername% /u %username% /f "%WinDir%\Windows\SystemApps\ShellExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\ShellExperienceHost.exe"
takeown /s %computername% /u %username% /f "%WinDir%\Windows\System32\oobe\UserOOBEBroker.exe"
icacls "%WinDir%\Windows\SystemApps\ShellExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\ShellExperienceHost.exe" /grant %username%:F administrators:F /t /c
icacls "%WinDir%\System32\Broadcastdvr.exe" /grant %username%:F administrators:F /t /c
icacls "%WinDir%\System32\upfc.exe" /grant %username%:F administrators:F /t /c
icacls "%WinDir%\System32\Compatibility Telement.exe" /grant %username%:F administrators:F /t /c
icacls "%WinDir%\System32\CompPkgSrv.exe" /grant %username%:F administrators:F /t /c
icacls "%WinDir%\System32\mobsync.exe" /grant %username%:F administrators:F /t /c
icacls "%WinDir%\System32\GameBarPresenceWriter.exe" /grant %username%:F administrators:F /t /c
icacls "%WinDir%\Windows\GameBarPresenceWriter.exe" /grant %username%:F administrators:F /t /c
icacls "%WinDir%\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer" /grant %username%:F administrators:F /t /c
icacls "%WinDir%\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft" /grant %username%:F administrators:F /t /c
icacls "%WinDir%\SystemApps" /grant %username%:F administrators:F /t /c
icacls "%Program Files%\WindowsApps" /grant %username%:F administrators:F /t /c
icacls "%WinDir%\Program Files\Internet Explorer" /grant %username%:F administrators:F /t /c
icacls "%WinDir%\Windows\bcastdvr" /grant %username%:F administrators:F /t /c
icacls "%WinDir%\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\GameDVR" /grant %username%:F administrators:F /t /c
icacls "%WinDir%\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge" /grant %username%:F administrators:F /t /c
icacls "%WinDir%\Windows\SystemApps\ShellExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\ShellExperienceHost.exe" /setowner "%username%" /t
icacls "%WinDir%\System32\Broadcastdvr.exe" /setowner "%username%" /t
icacls "%WinDir%\System32\upfc.exe" /setowner "%username%" /t
icacls "%WinDir%\System32\Compatibility Telement.exe" /setowner "%username%" /t
icacls "%WinDir%\System32\CompPkgSrv.exe" /setowner "%username%" /t
icacls "%WinDir%\System32\mobsync.exe" /setowner "%username%" /t
icacls "%WinDir%\System32\GameBarPresenceWriter.exe" /setowner "%username%" /t
icacls "%WinDir%\Windows\GameBarPresenceWriter.exe" /setowner "%username%" /t
icacls "%WinDir%\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer" /setowner "%username%" /t
icacls "%WinDir%\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft" /setowner "%username%" /t
icacls "%WinDir%\SystemApps" /setowner "%username%" /t
icacls "%Program Files%\WindowsApps" /setowner "%username%" /t
icacls "%WinDir%\Program Files\Internet Explorer" /setowner "%username%" /t
icacls "%WinDir%\Windows\bcastdvr" /setowner "%username%" /t
icacls "%WinDir%\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\GameDVR" /setowner "%username%" /t
icacls "%WinDir%\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge" /setowner "%username%" /t
icacls "%WinDir%\Windows\System32\oobe\UserOOBEBroker.exe" /setowner "%username%" /t
icacls "%WinDir%\Windows\SystemApps\ShellExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\ShellExperienceHost.exe" /grant %username%:F administrators:F /t /c
icacls "%WinDir%\System32\Broadcastdvr.exe" /grant %username%:F administrators:F /t /c
icacls "%WinDir%\System32\upfc.exe" /grant %username%:F administrators:F /t /c
icacls "%WinDir%\System32\Compatibility Telement.exe" /grant %username%:F administrators:F /t /c
icacls "%WinDir%\System32\CompPkgSrv.exe" /grant %username%:F administrators:F /t /c
icacls "%WinDir%\System32\mobsync.exe" /grant %username%:F administrators:F /t /c
icacls "%WinDir%\System32\GameBarPresenceWriter.exe" /grant %username%:F administrators:F /t /c
icacls "%WinDir%\Windows\GameBarPresenceWriter.exe" /grant %username%:F administrators:F /t /c
icacls "%WinDir%\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer" /grant %username%:F administrators:F /t /c
icacls "%WinDir%\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft" /grant %username%:F administrators:F /t /c
icacls "%WinDir%\SystemApps" /grant %username%:F administrators:F /t /c
icacls "%Program Files%\WindowsApps" /grant %username%:F administrators:F /t /c
icacls "%WinDir%\Program Files\Internet Explorer" /grant %username%:F administrators:F /t /c
icacls "%WinDir%\Windows\bcastdvr" /grant %username%:F administrators:F /t /c
icacls "%WinDir%\Windows\System32\oobe\UserOOBEBroker.exe" /grant %username%:F administrators:F /t /c
icacls "%WinDir%\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\GameDVR" /grant %username%:F administrators:F /t /c
icacls "%WinDir%\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge" /grant %username%:F administrators:F /t /c
icacls "%WinDir%\System32\Broadcastdvr.exe" /inheritance:r /grant:r %username%:(OI)(CI)F /t /l /q /c
icacls "%WinDir%\System32\upfc.exe" /inheritance:r /grant:r %username%:(OI)(CI)F /t /l /q /c
icacls "%WinDir%\System32\Compatibility Telement.exe" /inheritance:r /grant:r %username%:(OI)(CI)F /t /l /q /c
icacls "%WinDir%\System32\CompPkgSrv.exe" /inheritance:r /grant:r %username%:(OI)(CI)F /t /l /q /c
icacls "%WinDir%\System32\mobsync.exe" /inheritance:r /grant:r %username%:(OI)(CI)F /t /l /q /c
icacls "%WinDir%\System32\GameBarPresenceWriter.exe" /inheritance:r /grant:r %username%:(OI)(CI)F /t /l /q /c
icacls "%WinDir%\Windows\GameBarPresenceWriter.exe" /inheritance:r /grant:r %username%:(OI)(CI)F /t /l /q /c
icacls "%WinDir%\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer" /inheritance:r /grant:r %username%:(OI)(CI)F /t /l /q /c
icacls "%WinDir%\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft" /inheritance:r /grant:r %username%:(OI)(CI)F /t /l /q /c
icacls "%WinDir%\SystemApps" /inheritance:r /grant:r %username%:(OI)(CI)F /t /l /q /c
icacls "%ProgramFiles%\WindowsApps" /inheritance:r /grant:r %username%:(OI)(CI)F /t /l /q /c
icacls "%WinDir%\Program Files\Internet Explorer" /inheritance:r /grant:r %username%:(OI)(CI)F /t /l /q /c
icacls "%WinDir%\Windows\bcastdvr" /inheritance:r /grant:r %username%:(OI)(CI)F /t /l /q /c
icacls "%WinDir%\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\GameDVR" /inheritance:r /grant:r %username%:(OI)(CI)F /t /l /q /c
icacls "%WinDir%\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge" /inheritance:r /grant:r %username%:(OI)(CI)F /t /l /q /c
icacls "%WinDir%\Windows\System32\oobe\UserOOBEBroker.exe" /inheritance:r /grant:r %username%:(OI)(CI)F /t /l /q /c

taskkill /f /t /IM OneDriveSetup.exe
taskkill /f /t /IM CompatTelRunner.exe
taskkill /f /t /IM CompPkgSrv.exe
taskkill /f /t /IM upfc.exe
taskkill /f /t /IM mobsync.exe
taskkill /f /t /IM MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe
taskkill /f /t /IM ScreenClippingHost.exe
taskkill /f /t /IM TextInputHost.exe
taskkill /f /t /IM LocalBridge.exe
taskkill /f /t /IM Microsoft.Photos.exe
taskkill /f /t /IM WinStore.App.exe
taskkill /f /t /IM SkypeApp.exe
taskkill /f /t /IM SkypeBridge.exe
taskkill /f /t /IM SkypeBackgroundHost.exe
taskkill /f /t /IM NcsiUwpApp.exe
taskkill /f /t /IM backgroundTaskHost.exe
taskkill /f /t /IM SearchApp.exe
taskkill /f /t /IM taskhostw.exe
taskkill /f /t /IM ctfmon.exe
taskkill /f /t /IM HxTsr.exe
taskkill /f /t /IM HxOutlook.exe
taskkill /f /t /IM HxCalendarAppImm.exe
taskkill /f /t /IM HxAccounts.exe
taskkill /f /t /IM GameBarPresenceWriter.exe

del "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer" /s /f /q
del "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft" /s /f /q
del "C:\Windows\SystemApps Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge" /s /f /q
del "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer" /s /f /q
del "C:\Windows\bcastdvr" /s /f /q
del "C:\Windows\GameBarPresenceWriter" /s /f /q
del "C:\Windows\System32\CompatTelRunner.exe" /s /f /q
del "C:\Windows\System32\upfc.exe" /s /f /q
del "C:\Windows\System32\CompPkgSrv.exe" /s /f /q
del "C:\Windows\System32\mobsync.exe" /s /f /q
del "C:\Windows\System32\GameBarPresenceWriter" /s /f /q
del "C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\GameDVR" /s /f /q
del "C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge" /s /f /q
del "C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\TextInputHost.exe" /s /f /q
del "C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe" /s /f /q
rmdir /S /Q "C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\GameDVR"
rmdir /S /Q "C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge"
rmdir /S /Q "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer"
rmdir /S /Q "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft"
rmdir /S /Q "C:\Windows\SystemApps Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge"
rmdir /S /Q "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer"
rmdir /S /Q "C:\Windows\bcastdvr"
rmdir /S /Q "C:\Windows\GameBarPresenceWriter"
rmdir /S /Q "C:\Windows\System32\CompatTelRunner.exe"
rmdir /S /Q "C:\Windows\System32\upfc.exe"
rmdir /S /Q "C:\Windows\System32\CompPkgSrv.exe"
rmdir /S /Q "C:\Windows\System32\mobsync.exe"
rmdir /S /Q "C:\Windows\System32\GameBarPresenceWriter"
rmdir /S /Q "C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\TextInputHost.exe"
rmdir /S /Q "C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe"
pause

 

[oobymach]

Is windows fully updated? I've had this issue before too I think it was related to the os not being updated. The DCH drivers especially need the latest or close to it version.

 

[DamnSpyware]

Windows 10 21H2 19044.1288
Updates are fully disabled and i won't enable them.

 

[droopyRO]

Did you try to download it from Microsoft Store or install GeForce Experience and then install the drivers from it ?

 

[bogmali]

OP, you came in here asking for help and some offered based on what info you provided. Calling the site "unprofessional" because you didn't get what you were looking for is acting like one IMHO. So do yourself a favor a learn some forum etiquette before joining them. Thread closed.